The World In Between

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• Crazy Old Lady Tricks: Next Up – Learning to Surf

  By Julie Callahan on December 18, 2014 • ( 8 )

  

  Forty years ago, I left New Jersey for Michigan. There I went to school, met Pat, married, and never returned home for more than an occasional weekend. Those were the days before Facebook and unlimited free texting. Back then, when… Read More ›

• One Perfect Day: Hydra Island, Greece

  By Julie Callahan on December 13, 2014 • ( 10 )

  

  I am trying to recognize the sweet spots in life while they are happening, to grab a hold of them, and to file them very deliberately in my brain. We had one of these recently; a single, perfect day on… Read More ›

• Komárom, Hungary – Komárno, Slovakia: It’s like a Gershwin song

  By Julie Callahan on December 4, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  When I was a kid, my mother would sing old songs. One of my favorites was a Gershwin tune: You like potato and I like potahto You like tomato and I like tomahto Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto. Let’s call the… Read More ›

• Ode to a Storage Unit (and a Happy Thanksgiving!)

  By Julie Callahan on November 27, 2014 • ( 6 )

  

  Storage units, I have come to learn, are a psychological device which enable us to move on – delude us into believing we will return, need this stuff, and effortlessly slip into our old life. For the last three years,… Read More ›

• A Very Hungarian Thanksgiving

  By Julie Callahan on November 22, 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  Last Thanksgiving I worked and festered and ultimately swore I would never do that again. Hungarian friends wished me a Happy Thanksgiving, but somehow, that just made me feel worse. By mid afternoon, Facebook dispatches started to arrive – a… Read More ›

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